For our six month adventure trip we headed back up to the white mountains to hike Mt. Adams and Jefferson (the second and third highest peaks in New England). Our plan was to drive up Saturday morning and hike up to Grey Knob cabin to set up camp for the night, the morning went as planned. Since Ally is carrying the baby and Rusty likes to run and sniff too much to be bothered by a pack, I had the privilege of carrying a 55 pound pack to support our growing family…

We made it up to the cabin around 12:30, set up our beds for the night and had lunch.

Grey Knob cabin

After lunch the plan was to hike up to Adams and back, a quick 2.5 mile trip, then rest up for Jefferson on Sunday before heading back down. Our over ambition got the best of us again as we decided to tackle Jefferson then follow the ridge over to the summit of Adams before heading back to camp, an additional 6 miles on top of the 3 miles it took to get to the cabin from the car.

Family photo at the summit of Mt. Jefferson

There were some bumps and bruises along the way, I fell and sprained my ankle descending Jefferson so Ally had to bandage me up so I could hobble over to Adams.

Ally wrapping my ankle after a fall on Mt. Jefferson

We eventually made it, pretty much the whole trip above tree line was loose rock that required a lot of jumping and ankle bending, not a very fun hike, but the views from up top were amazing, another perfectly clear day in the mountains.

6 month belly shot at the summit of Mt. Adams

After a “good” sleep we had some breakfast and then we packed up and headed 4 miles back down the trail rounding out our two day 13 mile trip.

Groggy morning at Grey Knob